The information requested,where available, is shown in the following table:CouncilTax Benefit Recipients Aged 60 and Over (Thousands) Local Authority Area May 1999 May 2000 May 2001 May 2002 May 2003 May 2004 May 2005 Scotland 299.0 275.0 281.0 284.0 275.0 275.4 278.0 Aberdeen 8.3 8.4 Aberdeenshire 7.2 7.5 Angus 5.2 5.4 Argyll and Bute 4.5 4.5 Clackmannanshire 2.3 2.4 Dumfries and Galloway 7.6 7.5 Dundee 9.9 9.6 East Ayrshire 7.9 8.0 East Dunbartonshire 3.4 3.5 East Lothian 4.5 4.6 East Renfrewshire 2.7 2.8 Edinburgh 18.1 18.5 Eilean Siar 2.1 2.2 Falkirk 7.7 7.9 Fife 16.1 15.8 Glasgow 51.3 50.1 Highland 9.7 10.1 Inverclyde 5.8 5.9 Midlothian 3.7 3.7 Moray 3.5 3.7 North Ayrshire 8.0 8.3 North Lanarkshire 20.7 21.1 Orkney 0.8 0.8 Perth and Kinross 5.3 5.5 Renfrewshire 10.3 10.5 Scottish Borders 5.4 5.5 Shetland 0.7 0.8 South Ayrshire 5.9 6.1 South Lanarkshire 18.3 18.8 Stirling 3.4 3.5 West Dunbartonshire 7.4 6.9 West Lothian 7.8 8.0 Notes:1...